Sing One for the Cowboy

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Sing One For the Cowboy
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000
Genre Western
Label Western Jubilee Recording Company [1]
Producer Rich O'Brien, Scott O'Malley
Sons of the San Joaquin chronology
Horses, Cattle and Coyotes
(1999)
Sing One For the Cowboy
(2000)
15 Years: A Retrospective
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sing One For the Cowboy is an album by the Sons of the San Joaquin, released in 2000. [4] The band won the Western Heritage Award for the album's title track. [5]

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Critical reception

Country Standard Time wrote: "References to the 'Red Man' aside, the group serves up a tasty slice of the Gene Autry-esque West: no bloody gunfights, no syphilitic hookers, just a longing for the trail and a longing to go home and lots of good harmonizing in between." [6] The Gazette wrote that "these Sons offer a romanticized view of cowboy life wrapped up in tight harmonies and melodies that can be sweet on one song and exciting on the next." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jack Hannah, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Trail to San Antone" (Deuce Spriggins)2:34
2."Still Water Pool" (Bob Nolan)4:00
3."Charlie and the Boys"5:30
4."Sierra Nevada"4:29
5."Sing One For the Cowboy" (Jack Hannah, Darrell Arnold)4:13
6."Rough String Rider" (Jack Hannah (music), Homer Bryant (words))5:01
7."California"3:46
8."Unbroke Hoss"3:35
9."God Gave the Cowboy Montana"4:22
10."Watch Him (Demon Desert)"4:45
11."Texas Plains" (Stuart Hamblen)3:20
12."The West" (Jack Hannah, Baxter Black)3:57

Personnel

Sons of the San Joaquin

Additional personnel

Production

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